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likely that about 400 pounds of acid phosphate to the acre would give 

 very good results without any applications of nitrogen or potassium. 



1. When and how should the land be prepared for peas ? 



C:334. S-P:7-ll. 



2. What kind of crop is best to precede peas ? S-P : 7. 



3. How wiU you fertilize the land for peas ? W-VG:411. S-P: 9. 



4. How are peas fertilized in the Sections where they are grown 



largely for canneries f 



6. Planting. — The first planting of smooth peas should be 

 made in the spring as early as the ground can be prepared and 

 successive plantings may be made for several weeks, though the 

 earliest plantings generally produce the largest crops. It is 

 customary to plant the wrinkled kinds somewhat later because 

 there is some danger of the seeds rotting in the soil if the weather 

 is very cool and wet. 



The rows vary from 18 inches to 4 feet apart, depending on the 

 height of variety, method of cultivation, and whether supports 

 are used for the vines. Seed should be used freely in order to 

 obtain large yields, and this is especially true of the dwarf varieties. 

 From one to two pints of seed to 100 feet of drill will give a good 

 stand of plants. 



The earlier plantings are not covered with more than an inch 

 of soil, unless it is very sandy, while the depth of covering at planting 

 should increase as the season advances, so that the roots of the 

 plants will be at a depth where the soil is cool and moist. When the 

 seeds are covered with three to five inches of soil it is desirable 

 to fill the furrow gradually as the plants increase in height. 



1. When should smooth varieties of peas be planted ? WrinMed 

 ones? W-VG:412. L:110. C:335. S-P: 15. 



